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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Live Reactions!

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - I didn't put 2017 in the article title because... this won't happen in 2018, will it?

Here is KoopaTV's very intense Splatoon 2 pre-release coverage before it releases in a month: We live-reacted to the two-and-a-half hour Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships (2017), taking place at Nintendo's E3 2017 booth.

This is the last event of June 13 at E3 2017, which is great 'cause this is exhausting work for me, Rawk, and Vortexica. We were here with you all day! But hey, this tournament was... EXHILARATING.

(5:21:32 PM) (rawkhawk2010) half of one of the splatoon teams looks sick

(5:21:43 PM) (rawkhawk2010) someone had a face mask on.

(5:22:04 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) It's that crazy scientist again.

(5:22:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is this the No More Heroes guy?

(5:22:34 PM) (rawkhawk2010) He's sure acting like him.

(5:22:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(5:23:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "GOOD RUCK!"

(5:24:15 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yo you should refresh

(5:24:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: why

(5:24:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) i think you're behind

(5:24:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: oh

(5:24:33 PM) (rawkhawk2010) The City of Angels

(5:24:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: refreshed

(5:24:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: with the hope

(5:24:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: getting hands

(5:24:42 PM) (rawkhawk2010) aka Los Angeles

(5:24:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: on beautiful metal

(5:24:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yeah

(5:24:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: award so perfect

(5:24:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: beakon

(5:24:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: squids kids

(5:24:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: crying baby

(5:24:56 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) LOL

(5:24:58 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) ROFL

(5:25:00 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) DAT BABY

(5:25:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) dude

(5:25:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) one of the teams is diseased

(5:25:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Why else do they have Chinese pollution face masks?

(5:25:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Splatoon Sterling Squid trophy.

(5:26:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Round Robin Schedule.

(5:26:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynameu from Japan

(5:26:21 PM) (rawkhawk2010) European Union flag

(5:26:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Rising Moon from Europe

(5:26:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Blue Ringed OCtolings Oceania

(5:26:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Deadbeat from America

(5:26:49 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Do European Union countries not get their own representation?

(5:26:54 PM) (rawkhawk2010) individually?

(5:26:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Correct.

(5:27:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Is that why there's no London tribute?

(5:27:16 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(5:27:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Because the UK doesn't get to be its own country?

(5:27:25 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) This is what the EU has done to regional identity.

(5:27:33 PM) (rawkhawk2010) look at this dude

(5:27:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "These teams are wearing the same sort of headsets"

(5:27:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I thought they'd say

(5:27:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: uh

(5:27:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: the mask

(5:27:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(5:27:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) #ebola

(5:29:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Rising Moon from France

(5:29:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They actually said France

(5:29:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "so-called Europeans"

(5:29:26 PM) (rawkhawk2010) SO-CALLED

(5:29:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) EUROPEANS

(5:29:28 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) lol

(5:29:39 PM) (rawkhawk2010) So not Vortex

(5:29:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "But where did they REALLY come from?"

(5:29:49 PM) (rawkhawk2010) UKers are no longer Europeans

(5:29:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They're allegedly from "France"

(5:29:54 PM) (rawkhawk2010) According to Nintendo

(5:30:09 PM) (rawkhawk2010) mainstream media

(5:30:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: MAINSTREAM MEDIA

(5:30:23 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) #FakeNews

(5:30:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Binx achieved S+99 and devoured his controller.

(5:30:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Ceybau

(5:30:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: LOL

(5:30:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GOVERNMENT COVERT GOVERNMENT OPERATIVE

(5:30:55 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) THE GOVERNMENT

(5:31:00 PM) (rawkhawk2010) alt-squid destroy-kid propaganda media

(5:31:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: LOL

(5:31:33 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol is that ahmed

(5:31:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Inkling race seeking to achieve global Splatoon domination

(5:31:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "then we win"

(5:31:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: His name is

(5:31:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Desailly

(5:31:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) INSATIABLE THIRST FOR THE INK OF YOUR ENEMIES

(5:32:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Anime glasses


Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Europe France Rising Moon team anime glasses green glare evil
...creepy.

(5:32:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) this is weird as hell

(5:32:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I love it.

(5:32:44 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) I like this sense of humour.

(5:32:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is the shirt symbol supposed to represent the european union flag?

(5:33:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Would Vortex have to wear that?

(5:33:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Or would he get kicked out for refusing?

(5:33:45 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Thankfully I'm not French, so it doesn't matter either way.

(5:34:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Their tags are EU_xxxx

(5:34:26 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I like this view.

(5:34:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They called it yellow

(5:34:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: it's green

(5:35:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So who are we rooting for?

(5:35:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Surgery masks or EU scum?

(5:35:27 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) I would normally say EU, but they're French, so...

(5:35:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Gonna go with Japan.

(5:35:34 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) I'm obliged to hate them.

(5:35:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: All I see is pink ink.

(5:35:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So that's a good sign.

(5:36:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: There's no bottom screen giving us the map with the ink coverage.

(5:36:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Green getting creamed.

(5:36:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Zoom out

(5:37:19 PM) (rawkhawk2010) did he just say "it's gonna be close"?

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Dynameu Rising Moon round robin turf war
Does this LOOK close to you?

(5:37:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynamon is doing great.

(5:37:25 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Damn.

(5:37:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 67.6% to 24.2%

(5:37:32 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) EU got creamed.

(5:37:37 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) #Jexit

(5:37:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan guy laughing.

(5:37:52 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I assume we're rooting against the EU.

(5:37:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Yes.

(5:38:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Boo shirt.

(5:38:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Well Vortex is rooting against them because they're French.

(5:38:26 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) The eternal enemies of the British.

(5:38:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) "inkstant replay"

(5:38:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Inkstant Replay.

(5:39:45 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol at america being named "Deadbeat"

(5:40:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So Quick Respawn got nerfed in Splatoon 2.

(5:40:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Blue Ringed Octolings profile

(5:40:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australia

(5:41:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 3 females and 1 dude

(5:41:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Outnumbered

(5:41:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Latias

(5:41:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ......

(5:41:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's how you pronounce Latias?

(5:41:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Luh-tee-ass?

(5:41:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Mattie Kuma

(5:41:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Bickibird's favourite Nintendo character is Villager

(5:41:47 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Madi*

(5:41:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Madi-Kuma is yuge

(5:42:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wtf

(5:42:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: First videogame Duck Hunt

(5:42:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Spongebab?

(5:42:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) These Australians are fucked up.

(5:42:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "Watch out!"

(5:42:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They seem amazed by the Los Angeles Convention Centre.

(5:43:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is this how all Australians act?

Blue Ringed Octolings in Los Angeles E3 Australia Latias Bickibird Spongebev Madi-Kuma Splatoon team
This is Team Blue Ringed Octolings.


(5:43:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "ABSOLUTELY NO ONE UNDER 17 WILL BE ADMITTED"

(5:43:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Team Mom

(5:43:37 PM) (rawkhawk2010) They better be glad an ISIS van didn't come by.

(5:43:40 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(5:43:42 PM) (rawkhawk2010) They were kinda asking for it.

(5:44:34 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I wonder what the Americans' cutscene will be like.

(5:44:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ya

(5:44:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dunno who to root for.

(5:44:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Maybe Trump will be subtly referenced.

(5:45:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Good camera.

(5:45:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I'll wait and see how douchy the Americans act.

(5:45:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: American first one splatted.

(5:45:38 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I should probably mention that I have more exposure to this game than anyone else in the Blast.

(5:45:38 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Go Australia! 1/4 of your flag is technically Britain's so 1/4 of your victory counts for us too!

(5:45:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(5:45:56 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I was on this map.

(5:45:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I think.

(5:45:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: What, so all of my Splatoon 1 experience counts for nothing? :(

(5:46:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: American US_Power just hiding behind the sign.

(5:46:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Instead of being helpful.

(5:46:40 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I remember getting close to the enemy's base and then having no idea how to platform further.

(5:46:46 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Pffft, deadbeat.

(5:46:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: You're not supposed to.

(5:46:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Oh.

(5:47:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: To win in Turf War, you want to control the middle.

(5:47:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Because you'll have your 1/3 of the map

(5:47:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: your opponent will have their 1/3

(5:47:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: so if you control the middle 1/3 you win.

(5:47:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Overextending is a bad idea.

(5:47:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And unnecessary.

(5:47:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: This one is close.

(5:47:58 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ...That isn't close.

(5:48:13 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Dudes keep saying it's close.

(5:48:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 44.8% to 37%

(5:48:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: or something

(5:48:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australians win.

(5:49:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan vs. USA

(5:49:35 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Pearl Harbour 2: Electric Boogaloo

(5:49:42 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(5:49:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japanese guys walking in front of commentators.

(5:50:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) humpback pumptrack?

(5:50:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Humpback Pumptrack.

(5:50:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Circular map.

(5:51:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: With hump in the middle.

(5:51:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's new design!

(5:51:15 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wait

(5:51:21 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Pop a couple of wheelies!

(5:51:22 PM) (rawkhawk2010) can you really drive bikes on this?

(5:51:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...not that I know of.

(5:51:42 PM) (rawkhawk2010) i know in splatoon 1 there were rails

(5:51:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: There's rails in 2.

(5:52:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yea and i thought that might also mean bikes.

(5:52:22 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Americans look depressed.

(5:52:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Hope not!  Bikes ruin games!

(5:52:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Well they just got rekt by Australians.

(5:52:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And up against the most dominant dudes in Japan.

(5:52:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Bad morale.

(5:53:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynamon still dominating people.

(5:54:13 PM) (rawkhawk2010) are the americans gonna have lost twice before they even get an intro?

(5:54:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(5:54:21 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) lol

(5:55:00 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "take a minute" bad advice

(5:55:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "It's looking really close"

(5:55:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) oh shit

(5:55:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Eh it actually is close

(5:56:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 51.9% Japan

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Dynameu Deadbeat Turf War round robin
This isn't really close. Close, but not really close.

(5:56:05 PM) (rawkhawk2010) r.i.p. america

(5:56:21 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Deadbeats turned out to be a rather apt name.

(5:56:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynamon didn't get splatted once.

(5:56:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Make America Great Again

(5:57:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australians walking behind commentators.

(5:57:16 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Woman's making excuses for them, lol.

(5:57:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Americans have never met with one another before this tournament.

(5:57:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Bad synergy.

(5:57:33 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Trump: "Japan beats us at everything!"

(5:57:38 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ^ lol

(5:58:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Muscleforge Fitness?

(5:58:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: With rock-climbing pyramid.

(5:58:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) btw I think I like watching Splatoon more than I like playing it.

(5:59:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: It's a lot more fun to watch than, y'know, ARMS.

(5:59:16 PM) (rawkhawk2010) for sure

(5:59:44 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Ditto that.

(6:00:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: AUSTRALIA VS. FRANCE (EU)

(6:00:21 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Go Aussies!

(6:00:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Go Aussies!

(6:00:34 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Go whoever!

(6:00:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Purple.

(6:01:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: You should keep note of tentamissiles.

(6:01:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: For your tentacle antics.

(6:02:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) tental gymnastics

(6:02:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: EUROPE IS MAKING A COMEBACK

(6:03:03 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) This is tense.

(6:03:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "another potentially close match"

(6:03:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 43.8% to 46.7%

(6:03:29 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Aww.

(6:03:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Europe wins.

(6:03:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That was the closest match.

(6:03:58 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I don't think the Americans have a story intro.

(6:04:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) if they really didn't meet eachother until after they entered the building.

(6:04:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(6:04:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) We might as well root for the Australians.

(6:04:51 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Do the Japanese team have SARS?

(6:04:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australians > Japanese > USA > Europe

(6:05:02 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) What's with the facemasks?

(6:05:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: In terms of my preference here.

(6:05:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Fashion.

(6:05:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australia vs. Japan

(6:05:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Moray Towers is back from Splatoon 1.

(6:05:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Very very vertical map.

(6:06:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Chargers love this map.

(6:06:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: But it has ink rails?

(6:06:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Ink rails are new to this.

(6:06:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And now they're saying the Charger perch is nerfed.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Moray Towers Chargers den nest perch spam nerfed verticality
Apparently, Chargers are nerfed on this map, but Dynameu is using Chargers in the Charger nest anyway to big success.


(6:08:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australia has the centre.

(6:08:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...for now.

(6:09:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: oh crap Japan's wrecking now

(6:09:18 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Nooo, not again.

(6:09:26 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Come on!

(6:09:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: This isn't close.

(6:10:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "oh it's gonna be close"

(6:10:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 41.8% to 48% Japan wins

(6:10:29 PM) (rawkhawk2010) http://i.imgur.com/4BP9pc9.png

(6:10:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "it could be 1% that wins it" - announcers

(6:11:07 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) What's that? Mafia suit Mario?

(6:11:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynameu 3-0

(6:12:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So will America get an intro?

(6:12:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Or Japan?

(6:12:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Rising Moon vs. Deadbeat

(6:13:04 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) I doubt it at this point.

(6:13:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Final match of Round Robin.

(6:13:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) what's a round robin

(6:13:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Every team fights every other team.

(6:14:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) then what

(6:14:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They said they're doing this for seeding.

(6:14:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Then elimination round.

(6:14:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And I think it'll be a non-Turf War mode.

(6:14:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So America can lose all 3 of their matches here, get Seed 4 and face Japan

(6:15:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: but they could win the tournament still if they win outside the Round Robins.

(6:15:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America Team Yellow.

(6:15:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Go Deadbeat?

(6:15:47 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Both teams are losers in my eyes.

(6:17:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Minute left.

(6:17:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America is winning.

(6:17:52 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: :o

(6:18:03 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) It's about time.

(6:18:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Results.....

(6:18:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 50.5% to 32.8%

(6:18:42 PM) (rawkhawk2010) who wson

(6:18:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So Japan is 3-0 and every other team is 1-2.

(6:18:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America.

(6:19:07 PM) (rawkhawk2010) they still look depressed

(6:19:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So everyone loses to Japan, and it's a rock-paper-scissors relationship otherwise.

(6:19:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America beats Europe, Europe beats Australia, and Australia beats America.

(6:19:52 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Why are the Japanese always better at every game?

(6:20:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 55.7%

(6:20:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 43.4dfndr

(6:20:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol europe

(6:20:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australia and America are tied in the tiebreaker.

(6:20:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Europe is just dead last.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships current standings after Round Robin 43.4% tiebreaker
The seed difference between Blue Ringed Octolings and Deadbeat doesn't matter since Seeds 2 and 3 face one another anyway.


(6:21:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan vs. Europe, and Australia vs. America

(6:21:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Short break.

(6:22:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) What does it mean to "seed"?

(6:22:52 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: To rank for tournament bracket.

(6:23:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So the best team faces the worst team in round 1

(6:23:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and on the other side of the bracket, the 2nd best team faces the 2nd worst team

(6:23:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And if the results go by the seeds with no upsets, then the final round will be 1st best vs. 2nd best.

(6:23:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: An upset occurs if a worse-ranked seed beats a better-ranked one.

(6:24:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So in a 16-person tournament, it'll be Seed 1 vs. Seed 16, and Seed 2 vs. 15, and Seed 3 vs. 14 etc to Seed 8 vs. 9

(6:24:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Seed 1 is the best and 16 is the worst.

(6:25:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) o

(6:25:56 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ok sure

(6:25:58 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(6:26:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Mario Wiki has the Odyssey lyrics

(6:26:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) "Here we go, off the rails

Don't you know it's time to raise our sails?

It's freedom like you never knew"

(6:26:38 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I like that's referencing finally being off the Miyamoto plantation.

(6:26:47 PM) (rawkhawk2010) like how*

(6:26:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: FREE AT LAST

(6:26:52 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: FREE AT LAST

(6:26:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: oh

(6:27:00 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynameu intro

(6:27:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: JAPAN INTRO

(6:27:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The whole audience has hospital masks

(6:27:54 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Wait

(6:28:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Kakashino wants to eat hamburgers.

(6:28:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Are these masks so you can tell the difference between each Jap?

Wakaruun Dynameu Dainameu professional Splatoon player Japan
(They've been localising it as Dynameu for the entire event, but here it's Dainameu...)


(6:28:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (Maya Fey?)

(6:28:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...

(6:28:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: !!!

(6:28:09 PM) Unrecognized command. Use "!help" (no quotes) for a list of valid commands.

(6:28:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Fridge brilliance!

(6:28:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: New addition to the team.

(6:28:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Recruit the best of the best of the best of the best.

(6:28:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynamon himself.

(6:28:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "The roller guy"

(6:28:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(6:29:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) The two without masks still look exactly the same.

(6:29:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(6:29:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The team was named after Dynamon.

(6:29:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Even though they recruited the guy.

(6:29:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So the team existed before he was a part of it.

(6:29:56 PM) (rawkhawk2010) https://twitter.com/_ShaneGill_/status/874677737616797696

(6:30:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So these are Elimination Best of 5s

(6:30:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: JAPAN VS. FRANCE FIGHT

(6:31:11 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Come on you Jap chaps!

(6:31:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Now they're playing Tower Control.

(6:31:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And Dynamon takes the tower first.

(6:31:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So there's checkpoints now.

(6:31:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's new to Splatoon 2.

(6:31:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Before you just rode the tower and it went as long as there is a dude on it.

(6:32:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Here, I guess, the tower stops on pre-designated checkpoints that you need to clear.

(6:32:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: To make it last longer?

(6:32:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Once you clear checkpoint you don't need to clear it again.

(6:33:48 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) So is the object for the tower to be in the other team's side of the map when the time runs out?

(6:34:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Or to get it to the other team's side of the map's base.

(6:34:09 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Gotcha.

(6:34:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So you see how it says Remaining: 9 or Remaining: 100?

(6:34:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: If it's Remaining: 0 it ends

(6:34:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Or until time runs out.

(6:34:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Whichever got the farthest.

(6:34:37 PM) (rawkhawk2010) brb listening to odyssey

(6:34:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: :|

(6:34:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) tell me when the americans do their intro

(6:35:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME

(6:35:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan  guy was beating his chest.

(6:35:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Europe looks horrified.

(6:37:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "THIS IS A NO KRAKEN ZONE EVERYBODY" mm mm mm

(6:38:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: No more invincibilty specials in this game.

(6:38:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (or the build)

(6:38:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Inkblot Art Academy map.

(6:40:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: France is so impotent.

(6:40:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Tough to make a comeback in Splat Zones.

(6:40:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (but it's possible)

(6:40:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: France gets on the board.

(6:42:03 PM) (rawkhawk2010) My Odyssey upload has 72 views and 5 Likes.

(6:42:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME!

(6:42:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan wins again.

(6:42:09 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is that my most-viewed vid?

(6:42:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(6:42:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) It's definitely got the most Likes.

(6:44:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) http://i.imgur.com/06CLRDr.png

(6:44:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ^ unfortunate pose

(6:44:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: sh spoiler

(6:44:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: <.<;

(6:44:43 PM) (rawkhawk2010) That's a spoiler?!

(6:44:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Time to see what Rainmaker looks like in Splatoon 2.

(6:44:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I didn't know the Gerudo were in BotW.

(6:45:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) uhhhhhh

(6:45:12 PM) (rawkhawk2010) that's the same one showed in at least two trailers

(6:45:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Before today.

(6:45:35 PM) (rawkhawk2010) She was in the one last E3 too, lol.

(6:45:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: hmph

(6:46:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf Europe is uh

(6:46:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: actually able to win

(6:47:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Annnnnnd Europe screwed up.

(6:47:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Got all their dudes splattered at once.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Dynameu Rising Moon Rainmaker
That one guy still on Rising Moon needs to exit the European Union if he knows what's good for him.


(6:48:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Europe eliminated.

(6:48:53 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) WWI, WWII, Splatfests. France is always taken out of the fight early.

(6:49:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Who will have to fight Japan?

(6:49:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: We'll find out between Australia and America.

(6:49:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: DEADBEAT

(6:49:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: INTRO

(6:49:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: RAWK

(6:50:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Americans talking in mono audio.

(6:50:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) o

(6:50:21 PM) (rawkhawk2010) FUCK

(6:50:25 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I CAN'T FIND THE ODYSSEY WINDOW

(6:50:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) LOL

(6:50:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) CAN'T STOP IT

(6:50:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) K it's off

(6:51:00 PM) (rawkhawk2010) LOL

(6:51:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) IT'S OVER

(6:51:05 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Well that wasn't funny.

(6:51:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Well that was lame.

(6:51:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: SAD!

(6:51:10 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) That sucked.

(6:51:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) good

(6:51:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) cuz I was like that Star Wars mobile trailer.

(6:51:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Guess we'll root for Australia.

(6:51:19 PM) (rawkhawk2010) from EA

(6:51:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) except too much audio was playing as opposed to not enough

(6:52:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "you and your sportsball jokes!"

(6:52:43 PM) (rawkhawk2010) One of the Octolings reminds me of Tammy.

(6:53:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) of the titular Tammy

(6:53:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ...probably could've used a better adjective

(6:53:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...

(6:53:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is this the final match?

(6:53:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: no

(6:54:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: It's the first game of the second match of the semi-finals.

(6:55:09 PM) (rawkhawk2010) o

(6:56:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dodging Stringrays is probably cooler than hitting someone with a Stringray.

(6:56:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (the lazer beam)

(6:56:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America wins the first game!

(6:57:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) sitting indian style in an office chair can't be a good way to play games comepetitvely

(6:57:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) competitively*

(6:57:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's how I'm reacting to this, though!

(6:58:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I'm slumped over

(6:58:26 PM) (rawkhawk2010) with most of my body below the desk

(7:00:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America is running away with this.

(7:00:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME!

(7:00:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Well, that was fast.

(7:01:02 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) What are you playing at you Antipodean prats? Get your act together!

(7:01:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America looks impressive now... but wait until they face Japan.

(7:01:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: UNLESS AUSTRALIA MAKES A REVERSE 3-0

(7:01:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Who should I say sang Let's Do the Odyssey in my upload?

(7:01:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Emma Stone?

(7:02:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The Spectator Mode is a real thing you can do in your own private matches, not just a Treehouse thing.

(7:02:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Ariana Grande

(7:02:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) LOL

(7:02:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Game 3, begin!

(7:05:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Purposefully suiciding into the water with the Rainmaker to make it respawn to the centre.

(7:06:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Australians dumb

(7:07:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: She moved backwards

(7:07:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: helping the enemy

(7:08:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Americans 3-0 Australia

(7:08:09 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Booooooo!

(7:08:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: after Japan 3-0'd Europe

(7:08:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Finals: Japan vs. America

(7:08:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "double kill... double splat" -announcer

(7:08:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dem Nintendo of America language rules

(7:09:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They're specifically told not to use the word "kill"

(7:09:29 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(7:09:39 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I thought society did away with that.

(7:10:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Small break.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships 2017 tournament bracket finals
Japan vs. America. Classic, but Japan hasn't actually shown any signs of being defeatable...


(7:10:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I'm pretty sure everyone thought being banished to the Shadow Realm was always scarier than dying.

(7:11:03 PM) (rawkhawk2010) especially cuz it was a form of censorship, you weren't ever getting out

(7:11:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) cuz when*

(7:12:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wtf

(7:13:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: wot

(7:13:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) https://twitter.com/SuperMario_UK/status/874766075342209025

(7:13:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Cappy's pure form.

(7:13:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Looks like a Boo.

(7:13:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ......

(7:13:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So he's the ultimate evil.

(7:13:52 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Speaking of victims

(7:13:56 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is that canon?

(7:13:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: This will be Team Trump ve. Team Abe?

(7:14:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That he's evil?

(7:14:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yes

(7:14:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: According to KoopaTV's investigations, yes.

(7:14:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) He's also white.

(7:14:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Soooooooo

(7:14:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I don't see what that's gotta do with anything!

(7:14:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (as I'm drinking milk)

(7:14:47 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Well all the other villains of this E3 are white.

(7:14:48 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) If Cappy is the final boss of Odyssey, I will go crazy.

(7:14:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Which has pissed certain people off.

(7:15:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They can get over it.

(7:15:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Martin Li was Asian.

(7:15:34 PM) (rawkhawk2010) oh yeah

(7:15:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: WELCOME BACK

(7:15:36 PM) (rawkhawk2010) him

(7:16:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Splatoon Sterling Squid over 30 pounds.

(7:16:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: BEST OF 7

(7:16:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: First team to win 4 matches.

(7:16:17 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wtf

(7:16:21 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Best of 7? >.>

(7:16:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan might just 4-0.

(7:16:43 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Are Japan still undefeated?

(7:16:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: It's so they can at least have all 4 of the game modes.

(7:16:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Ya.

(7:16:52 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) ...

(7:16:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan was 3-0 in Round Robin and 3-0 vs. Europe.

(7:16:56 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Yeah, my money's on them.

(7:17:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Ya.

(7:17:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME 1

(7:17:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Splat Zone in Art Academy.

(7:18:03 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is the winning team gonna play Team Nintendo?

(7:18:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Reggie?

(7:18:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(7:18:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yeah imagine that

(7:18:23 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Reggie, Bill, Audrey, and Teresa

(7:18:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Reggie might be tired being humiliated.

(7:18:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: He only wants to punch Keighley.

(7:19:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America is actually winning right now.

(7:19:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 39 to 61 (first to 0 wins)

(7:19:18 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) =-O

(7:19:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: LEAD CHANGE

(7:20:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan now at 38 to 39

(7:20:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ELEAD CHANGE

(7:20:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America now has 37

(7:20:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...and 22

(7:21:12 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) This is some intense back-and-forth.

(7:21:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Yeah, America got some plot strength.

(7:21:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH?

(7:21:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America stops Japan from doing a lead change!

(7:21:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 25 Japan 22 America

(7:22:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: There's not enough time

(7:22:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: for Japan to win

(7:22:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: unless they can get it to overtime.

(7:22:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: OVERTIME

(7:22:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: If Japan can keep it for

(7:22:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: AHH

(7:22:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME!

(7:23:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America barely wins Game 1!

(7:23:17 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And the Americans still look depressed.

(7:23:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan doesn't look happy this time.

(7:24:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I wanna see Team Russia.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships Alpha Bravo Spectating team lobby Tower Control Moray Towers ready
Speaking of seeing things, we get to see the team lobby menu, with up to two spectators able to see the (non-Russian) teams.


(7:24:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) If we qualified we'd have to be part of Team Africa.

(7:24:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(7:25:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME 2

(7:25:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: TOWER CONTROL ON MORAY TOWERS

(7:26:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America takes lead

(7:26:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 73 A 88 J

(7:27:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Past check point1 for America!

(7:27:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America to Checkpoint 2!

(7:27:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Past Checkpoint 2!

(7:27:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America 19 Japan 88

(7:27:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: But Dynamon is mad.

(7:28:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan has the tower and they're past Checkpoint1

(7:28:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: At Checkpoint2

(7:28:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 19 A 29 J

(7:30:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: JAPAN GOING FOR COMEBACK AS 40 SECONDS LEFT

(7:30:56 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) HOLY SABGHJDGJ

(7:30:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: KLEAD CHANHRGTDBR

(7:30:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: LEAD CHANGE

(7:31:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAMEOVER

(7:31:08 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) DOWN TO THE WIRE

(7:31:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Americans depressed.

(7:31:26 PM) (rawkhawk2010) who won

(7:31:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) who lost

(7:31:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan win

(7:31:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So now it's 1-1

(7:32:06 PM) (rawkhawk2010) k tell me when the finals happen

(7:32:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: These are the finals.

(7:32:21 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I mean final match

(7:32:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: We don't know which one will be the final match.

(7:32:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's how Best of X works.

(7:32:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Unless it happens to be 3-3.

(7:33:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) WHAT THE FUCK

(7:33:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: wot

(7:33:34 PM) (rawkhawk2010) The Sonic Forces trailer

(7:33:41 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ...y'all gotta see it later.

(7:33:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: sh

(7:33:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Game 3 start.

(7:33:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Turf War.

(7:35:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The two Sting Rays across the map splatted one another.

(7:35:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America winning with less than a minute left.

(7:36:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I predict... Japan winning.

(7:36:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: annnd I can't predict

(7:36:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 38.1 to 55.2

(7:36:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America wins

(7:37:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "This is gonna be a close one I think" - announcers as it ends

(7:37:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 1-2 America

(7:37:48 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Is this the Trump Factor at work?

(7:37:52 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Deadbeats are Making America Great Again!

(7:37:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: :o

(7:39:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Game 4, Rainmaker, Muscleforge Fitness!

(7:39:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) if America wins this does America win?

(7:40:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...I'm reading that and having a smiley indifference face. :|

(7:40:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ?

(7:40:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I thought it was best of 4

(7:40:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Best of 7 means first to 4 wins wins.

(7:40:32 PM) (rawkhawk2010) oh

(7:40:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: You never have a Best of an even number!

(7:41:01 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(7:41:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yeah

(7:41:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) i was like, "this is stupid"

(7:41:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That's why they have 9 Supreme Court Justices and needed Neil Gorsuch in there!

(7:41:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Otherwise you get 4-4 ties!

(7:41:54 PM) (rawkhawk2010) omg

(7:42:07 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Remind me to impose Let's Do the Odyssey over the Ace Attorney anime opening.

(7:42:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: k

(7:42:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) that's a must-do

(7:42:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: You can put it as a comment to this log article however little sense that'll end up being.

(7:43:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America is doing quite well.

(7:43:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 47 J 31 A

(7:43:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 15 sec left

(7:44:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME!

(7:44:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America wins the game!

(7:44:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 1-3!

(7:44:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: This could be the final game of the tournament next.

(7:44:39 PM) (rawkhawk2010) guess I should watch

(7:46:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Runback to Moray Towers Tower Control.

(7:47:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America early lead.

(7:48:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan sort of gave up.

(7:48:21 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Man, what happened to Japan?

(7:48:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I didn't like the music in the demo cuz I kept thinking the squids were singing "GoNintendo"

(7:48:38 PM) (rawkhawk2010) but couldn't actually figure out what they were saying

(7:48:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 6 to 90

(7:49:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 2 minutes left

(7:49:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: America playing defence

(7:50:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: as they should.

(7:50:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Dynamon going for it!

(7:50:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan to... 89.

(7:50:40 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And counting!

(7:50:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 53!

(7:51:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 41

(7:51:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: But the tower is going backwards.

(7:51:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They're losing momentum!

(7:51:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: OVERTIME

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships final match Dynameu Deadbeat America Japan Tower Control Moray Towers overtime
TEAM DYNAMEU IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE AN OVERTIME COMEBACK AND KAMIKAZE-ING THEIR KIDS OVER!


(7:52:06 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) *Bites nails*

(7:52:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: JAPAN DESPERATELY

(7:52:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: AHHHHHH

(7:52:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: AMERICA

(7:52:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: WIN

(7:52:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They're less depressed!

(7:52:52 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I can't tell who won.

(7:52:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Like

(7:52:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: TEAM TRUMP BEAT TEAM ABE

(7:53:02 PM) (rawkhawk2010) America won?

(7:53:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Yes!

(7:53:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I couldn't tell from looking at their faces

(7:53:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I thought the audience was cheering because Japan made such a narrow comeback.

(7:53:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Toss it to the producer.

(7:53:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And I thought Japan securing that tower made Japan win, lol.

(7:53:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Squid Research Labbers.

(7:54:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Japan securing the tower meant Japan COULD make a comeback

(7:54:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) oh

(7:54:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: but then they lost the tower before it moved far enough.

(7:54:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They were pushing for a comeback.

(7:54:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Europe has 5 dudes there

(7:54:37 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wtf

(7:54:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Team Trump vs Team Abe was in relation to Splatoon?

(7:54:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ya

(7:55:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Wot else would it be? <_<

(7:55:03 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I thought you were talking about Mario.

(7:55:15 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And were referring to Abe Lincoln cuz of his hat.

(7:55:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...who would Trump have been? <_<

(7:55:33 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And how all the Broodles wear top-hats like him.

(7:55:35 PM) (rawkhawk2010) or something

(7:55:37 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I dunno

(7:55:47 PM) (rawkhawk2010) "Dead Moo-Dead Beat"

(7:55:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "DEADBEAT DEADBEAT DEADBEAT" - audience

(7:56:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: See? 5 Europes.

Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational Championships awards ceremony ending
...Hey, it looks like Team Blue Ringed Octolings's Team Mom is actually... a dude.


(7:57:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Thanking fans from around the world.

(7:57:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "Spratoon... HUH!"

(7:57:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "Splatoon 2 is finally on arrival next month on July 21st."

(7:58:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) One of the Deadbeats looks like a young version of the Captain American actor.

(7:58:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "THANKS SO MUCH!" Translated to "Thank you everybody!"

(7:58:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Translator also translated the bow.

(7:58:31 PM) (rawkhawk2010) That's inaccurate!

(7:58:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: By himself bowing.

(7:58:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They're bowing to all of the teams and they're bowing back.

(7:58:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And inclusive for the sake of being inclusive.

(7:59:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "SEE YOU LATER!"

(7:59:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And we're done.

(8:00:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...damn now I have to put these logs together. ;-;

(8:00:17 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Wait... did we even get to see them presented with the trophy?



KoopaTV is done for the night, so be sure to rest up and also catch up on anything you might have missed! (Such as the earlier reaction logs, sleep, and dinner.)


Check out the previous log of Day 1 here.
Day 2 begins with another tournament...
...and ends with a third tournament!
Next year has the beginning of the Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018 tournament.
And, of course, next year has the end of the Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018 tournament.

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